Great State: Okla. sets record, not everything is bigger in Texas

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OKLAHOMA CITY - If you want to get a really accurate measurement of a bull's horns, tip to tip and circumference, all that stuff, you'll need a half-dozen strong men to hold on tight while someone else handles a tape measure.

A city 'tenderfoot' might wonder why anyone would care so much about the spread of a cow's horn but at the annual Longhorn Extravaganza in Oklahoma City everyone does, especially Bom and Pam Loomis.

"I started raising longhorns 35 years ago," he says.

He brought a big bull to the show.

His tip to tip measurement turned out to be the longest ever for a longhorn bull.